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Ex-Officials Offer Plan to Revamp War Powers Act

Beau7890 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:57:05 EDT

Two former secretaries of state have declared the War Powers Act of 1973 obsolete and proposed a new system of closer consultation between the White House and Congress before American forces go into battle.

Channel: Politics Tags: Baker Christopher War Powers Act war government

Domestic Spying Quietly Goes On

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:38:08 EDT

With Congress on the verge of outlining new parameters for National Security Agency eavesdropping between suspicious foreigners and Americans, lawmakers are leaving largely untouched a host of government programs that critics say involves far more domestic surveillance than the wiretaps they sought to remedy.

Channel: News Tags: spying domestic spying fisa nsa eavesdropping surveillance big brother wiretaps

How McCain Is Skirting His Own Spending Caps

ybdogsct — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:45:36 EDT

Even though McCain has agreed to an $84.1 million spending cap by accepting public funds--a decision he likes to portray as a principled stand against the corrupting influence of money on politics--at least double that sum will be spent on his behalf thanks to loopholes in the law that allow largely unregulated "soft money" contributions.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Barack Obama RNC DNC soft money

NYT Limited Hangout on SERE Torture & U.S. Biological Warfare

Valtin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:55:00 EDT

This story describes how a recent article in the New York Times, "China Inspired Interrogations at GuantÃ;Â¡namo" (7/2/08), which details the use of Albert Biderman's "Chart of Coercion" by SERE instructors at Guantanamo prison, uses only partial revelations and other forms of misinformation to distort th

Channel: Politics Tags: torture Guantanamo Korean War biological warfare SERE brainwashing

McCain Vows To Take On Entitlement Plans

bigurn — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:30:02 EDT

In a move to assuage Conservatives, John McCain has vowed to reduce spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security. This is a dramatic move for him, but has proved difficult to execute for every other politician who has tried it.

Channel: Politics Tags: McCain Social Security entitlement election

A Green Light for Solar Panels

MacBookForMe — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:02:45 EDT

In Oregon PV solar panels are being used to power flashing lights on traffic signs for both motorists and pedestrians. Using free solar energy in this way is an idea whose time has come.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: solar panels solar traffic signs solar power

Gallup: Americans Oppose Income Redistribution to Fix Economy

Mdiar — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:12:33 EDT

When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today's consumer, Americans overwhelmingly -- by 84% to 13% -- prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Ameri

Channel: Money Tags: income redistribution

Kerry: McCain's Judgment Is Dangerous

TimALoftis — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:24:04 EDT

Says Republican Candidate Is A "Changed Man" For Siding With Bush On War, Economy, Energy

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 election barack obama john mccain john kerry

Abu Graib: What the Most Seen Photographs Say

bubba2 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:47:53 EDT

'Standard Operating Procedure', the new film by Errol Morris, is the fruit of meticulous research into the ill-treatment of Iraqi detainees. Featuring numerous interviews with military personnel who served at Abu Ghraib, it leaves the viewer in little doubt that the cruelty captured on camera was authorized at the highest levels in Washington.

Channel: Movies Tags: Iraq Abu Graib human rights detainee abuse torture no accountability political elite

Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House

STONERS — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:05:17 EDT

Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.

Channel: News Tags: Foreclosers Rise Whoever Wins White House

General Petraeus Presides Over Largest Re-enlistment Ever

bigurn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:54:29 EDT

Today, at Camp Victory in Iraq, on Independence Day, General Petraeus presided over the reenlistment of over 1200 military members.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: military reenlistment petraeus iraq victory

Source: Protective order will keep Viacom out of sensitive YouTube user data

gamahuche — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:05:44 EDT

Google has been ordered to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom. But Viacom will be guilty of contempt of court if it uses that data for anything other than specifically proving the prevalence of piracy on YouTube, a source close to Viacom told CNET News.com on Thursday.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: YouTube Google Privacy Viacom Trust

Bush Justice Department sued for partisan hiring

DiffeeOnline — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:07 EDT

The inspector general at the Justice Department has charged that rank partisan criteria tainted the hiring process for the attorney general's honors program and its summer internship program.

Channel: Careers & Jobs Tags: justice bush republicans politics partisan

White House says ruling could free detainees in US

STONERS — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:39:49 EDT

The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.

Channel: Politics Tags: White House Ruling Could Free Detainees US

The State vs the People

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:32:57 EDT

The Founding Fathers, being mild revolutionaries, set up a Blackstonian Constitution in which law is a shield of the people and not a weapon in the hands of government. The Founders balanced this restraint on government with reformist democracy that works against status quo hierarchies.

Channel: Politics Tags: state government founding fathers constitution 2nd amendment law

Fourth of July care packages en route to soldiers

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:30 EDT

The effort raised $1.5 million for packages for the tens of thousands of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, which will mean "thousands and thousands" of packages being dispatched so they arrive in time for the 4th of July.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Fourth of July care packages en route soldiers 1.5 million

Inflation Nation: Money as Debt

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:08:40 EDT

One wonders how individuals, banks, governments, and other entities can all be in debt at the same time, owing astronomical amounts of money. This question is answered when we consider that banks don't lend actual money; they create it from debt, and since debt is potentially unlimited, so is the supply of money.

Channel: Money Tags: money debt banks federal reserve inflation populist party monetary policy

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "Never Again"

RickyDawkins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:58 EDT

"Terror struck me, and I felt that I had to go home. The place around the Tsurumi bridge was crowded with many injured people. They held their arms aloft in front of them. Their hair stood on end. They were groaning and cursing. With pain in their eyes and furious looks on their faces, they were crying out for their mothers to help them."

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: nuclear holocaust hiroshima nagasaki remembered

July 4th, 2008 - Proclamation of Independence

Spadecaller — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:27:57 EDT

To commemorate July 4, 2008, this Spadecaller video features excerpts from John F. Kennedy reciting the Declaration of Independence to the accompaniment of Hans Zimmer's "Born Free," the theme song from "Madagascar." The video poses a haunting question: what will you be celebrating tomorrow?

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Independence Day Born Free July 4th Hans Zimmer Madagascar

The end of the culture wars?

Radiofreeeuropa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:47:28 EDT

Hot-button politics has turned out to be cumulatively disastrous for America. Politicians warred over narrow, symbolic issues while real problems that didn't fit the culture war paradigm - lack of access to healthcare, global warming, the US occupation of Iraq grew and festered. Have the electorate finally had enough of the BS?

Channel: Politics Tags: Bogus Politics Slight Of Hand Campaigning Milking the Toad Counterfeit Culture Wars

Media Matters - Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters

cliffarnstein — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:18:31 EDT

is Fox even a news channel any more?

Channel: News Tags: fox libel manipulaton

Military Personnel Giving More To Obama

Aidenag — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:39:08 EDT

Among people who have donated at least $200 to a presidential campaign this election cycle, Obama has collected more than $327,000 from those identifying themselves as military personnel, while McCain has collected $224,000, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by The Associated Press.

Channel: Politics Tags: Military Troops Barack Obama John McCain 2008 election Politics

The Negative Aspect Of Outsourcing!

omerazam — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:52:48 EDT

Outsourcing is subcontracting work to a third-party company, either for product creation, design or some service. Outsourcing has always been carried out by many major businesses as well as smaller companies. As far as corporations go, this means business process outsourcing

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Negative Aspect Outsourcing

Gulfnews: The unbelievable cost of US wars

GHOSTWHOWALKS — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:41:34 EDT

As the American media's increasing focus on the presidential race and the political debate in Washington shows diminishing concern for the Iraq war, a little noted speech in the American Senate shed light on the unbelievable cost of the Iraq war.

Channel: Politics Tags: Cost of War on Terror Iraq Afghanstan 15 Billion A Month

Coal Makes Us Sick. Oil Makes Us Sick.

jimdoze — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:40:34 EDT

Joe Biden: "The high price of oil is a gift to the American People." Here's what Harry Reid says. Dems' mission: Radical restructuring of the U.S. economy to remove hydrocarbons from the energy mix. Could they have stated the mission any more succinctly? Will the Dems go nuclear or are they intent on bringing us to our knees and lower

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Reid Democrats Coal Oil Hydrocarbon Evils

8 Ways the Bush Administration Has Caused the Oil Price Boom

neharocks — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:10:28 EDT

From fiscal policy to energy policy to foreign policy, the Bush Administration has committed one gaffe after another, and the futures markets have been quick to react, with devastating economic consequences. Read on.....

Channel: Money Tags: Economy US Elections George Bush Oil Prices American Market

Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks

STONERS — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:11:12 EDT

The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies, including oil giant Chevron Corp., for more than $10 billion on Monday, saying they paid kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government under the U.N. oil-for-food program.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq Sues Companies Oil For Food Kickbacks

Bush's top general quashed torture dissent

Wil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:20:45 EDT

The former Air Force general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Myers, helped quash dissent from across the U.S. military as the Bush administration first set up a brutal interrogation regime for terrorism suspects, according to newly public documents and testimony from an ongoing Senate probe.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Torture Bush Air Force Richard Myers War Joint Chiefs

Halliburton Solves Global Warming

Radiofreeeuropa — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:28:08 EDT

SurvivaBalls save managers from abrupt climate change! An advanced new technology will keep corporate managers safe even when climate change makes life as we know it impossible.

Channel: Science Tags: Haliburton KBR Global Warming Corporate Elite Survival Satire

US settles with anthrax mailings subject Steven Hatfill for $5.82 ...

techgirl — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:04:52 EDT

The former Army scientist who was the prime suspect in the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings agreed Friday to take $5.82 million from the government to settle his claim that the Justice Department and the FBI invaded his privacy and ruined his career.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: anthrax

Pentagon: Taliban regrouped and 'resilient' in Afghanistan

ybdogsct — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:52:08 EDT

The Taliban have regrouped and have formed a "resilient insurgency," according to a new Pentagon report. The report predicted that the Taliban would be back in 2008. Opium production increased "substantially" in 2007. There are about 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, but only 32,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Channel: News Tags: Taliban Afghanistan Pentagon

Canadian Judge: US violated international law in Khadr case

tehranchik — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:09:59 EDT

Last March, it was discovered that the U.S. government had been sitting on evidence that was exculpatory for Mr. Khadr. In his affidavit, Khadr describes abusive treatment by the American first at Baghram Air Force Base, and later at Guantanamo.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Mosley Khadr Guantanamo videotapes Maher Arar Syria rendition

Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:04:07 EDT

It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

Channel: Science Tags: Global warming Arctic Ice propeller eco news

Working with idiots can kill you!

BronxBomber — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:50:35 EDT

This is a serious study of the moron in the office cubicle next to yours.

Channel: Humor Tags: Oh No a new plague amongst us.

Suo Gan - Empire of the Sun

Spadecaller — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:58:45 EDT

Accompanying The Ambrosian Junior Choir with soloist, James Rainbird, this clip features the paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, Mary Cassatt, Leonardo Da Vinci, Gustav Klimt, scenes from Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun," with visual arts and editing by Spadecaller.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Aivazovsky Da Vinci Klimt Empire of the Sun Suo Gan

Carter Tried To Stop Bush's Energy Disasters - 28 Years Ago

greenmac — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:44:39 EDT

Yes Carter say the future of where the energy sector was heading....who paid attention??

Channel: Politics Tags: carter politics do no evil bush gas

More offshore drilling does little at the pump: EIA

STONERS — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:02:38 EDT

Allowing oil drilling in U.S. offshore waters that are now closed to energy exploration would do little to lower gasoline prices paid by consumers, the government's top energy forecaster said on Wednesday.

Channel: Money Tags: Offshore Drilling Does Little Pump Gasoline EIA

Bush Spent $500M to Found Anti-American Arab TV Station

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:08:02 EDT

An Arab-language television network and radio station, founded by the Bush administration to promote a positive image of the United States, has aired anti-American and anti-Israeli viewpoints, has showcased pro-Iranian policies and recently gave air time to a militant who called for the death of American soldiers in Iraq.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush iraq alhurra sawa war hearts and minds journalism anti american arab middle east iran

White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail

Beau7890 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:55:58 EDT

The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week.

Channel: Politics Tags: EPA White House pollution climate change politics at all costs ostrich head in the sand

The game is over

jovial — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:28:20 EDT

Fed chairman Bernanke has been on a spree lately, delivering three speeches in the last two weeks. Every chance he gets, he talks tough about the strong dollar and "holding the line" against inflation.

Channel: Money Tags: hudson Economy forecast inflation